# Purru Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Purru

Purru is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **873 people in 149 households**, the 59th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 873people (2011)
- 149households
- 73.1%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purru

Of every 100 households in Purru in 2011, 11 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Purru · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****3%**

**84%

Use banking services ****12%**

**44%

Television ****5%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Purru?

■ Purru · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1109**

**934

Working population ****57.7%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 62.3% for women. 58% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 24 (5%) · **■** Marginal 477 (95%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Purulia - I

- Raybandh1,020 people
- Tara984 people
- Patatiri946 people
- Maldi885 people
- Bhuinadi871 people
- Manera870 people
- Rampur849 people
- Chandradi837 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purru?873 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purru in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purru?73.1% (Census 2011)